2018 Mountain West Conference football season

2018 Mountain West Conference football season
2018 Mountain West Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 2018–January 2019
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	CBSSN, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, CBS, Stadium, ATTSN
2019 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	LB Jahlani Tavai, Hawaii
Picked by	Detroit Lions, 43rd overall
Regular season
Mountain Division champions	Boise State
West Division champions	Fresno State
Championship Game
Champions	Fresno State
Runners-up	Boise State
Finals MVP	RB Alexander Mattison, Boise State; DE Mykal Walker, Fresno State
Football seasons
	← 2017 2019 →

2018 Mountain West Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Mountain Division
No. 23 Boise State x	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 22 Utah State	7	–	1	11	–	2
Wyoming	4	–	4	6	–	6
Air Force	3	–	5	5	–	7
Colorado State	2	–	6	3	–	9
New Mexico	1	–	7	3	–	9
West Division
No. 18 Fresno State x$	7	–	1	12	–	2
Nevada	5	–	3	8	–	5
Hawaii	5	–	3	8	–	6
San Diego State	4	–	4	7	–	6
UNLV	2	–	6	4	–	8
San Jose State	1	–	7	1	–	11
Championship: Fresno State 19, Boise State 16 (OT)
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 Mountain West Conference football season, part of that year's NCAA Division I FBS football season, will be the 20th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). Since the 2012 12 teams have competed in the MW-football conference. The season will begin on August 25 and will end on November 24.^[1] Mountain West is a "Group of Five" conference under the College Football Playoff format along with the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, and the Sun Belt Conference. The Mountain West Championship Game will be played on December 1. The entire schedule was released on March 1.^[2]

Preseason

Mountain West Media

2018 Mountain West media days took place on July 24 and 25 at the Cosmopolitan.

Preseason Polls

^[3]

Place	Mountain Division	West Division
1	Boise State (22) 132	Fresno State (16) 126
2	Wyoming 95	San Diego State (6) 116
3	Colorado State 82	UNLV 78
4	Utah State 78	Nevada 72
5	Air Force 52	Hawaii 45
6	New Mexico 23	San Jose State 25

First place votes in parentheses

Preseason All–Mountain West team

^[4]

Offense
Position	Player	Class	Team
QB	Brett Rypien**	SR.	Boise State
WR	KeeSean Johnson**	SR.	Fresno State
WR	McLane Mannix	SO.	Nevada
RB	Alexander Mattison	JR.	Boise State
RB	Lexington Thomas*	SR.	UNLV
OL	Ezra Cleveland	SO.	Boise State
OL	John Molchon	JR.	Boise State
OL	Aaron Jenkins	SR.	New Mexico
OL	Keith Ismael**	SO.	San Diego State
OL	Tyler Roemer**	SO.	San Diego State
TE	Dax Raymond	JR.	Utah State

Defense
Position	Player	Class	Team
DL	David Moa**	SR.	Boise State
DL	Curtis Weaver*	SO.	Boise State
DL	Youhanna Ghaifan*	JR.	Wyoming
DL	Carl Granderson*	DL	Wyoming
LB	Jeffrey Allison*	JR.	Fresno State
LB	Jahlani Tavai**	SR.	Hawaii
LB	Malik Reed	SR.	Nevada
DB	Tyler Horton*	SR.	Boise State
DB	Dameon Baber**	SR.	Nevada
DB	Tariq Thompson**	SO.	San Diego State
DB	Andrew Wingard*	SR.	Wyoming

Specialists
Position	Player	Class	Team
P	Ryan Stonehouse	SO.	Colorado State
PK	Dominik Eberle*	JR.	Utah State
KR/PR	Avery Williams**	SO.	Boise State

Preseason Offensive Player of the Year:

Brett Rypien, SR., QB, Boise State

Preseason Defensive Player of the Year:

Andrew Wingard, SR., DB, Wyoming

Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year:

Avery Williams, SO., KR/PR, Boise State

(* – member of the 2017 All–Mountain West first team)

(** – member of the 2017 All–Mountain West second team)

Coaches

NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	MW record
Air Force	Troy Calhoun	12	82–60	82–60	49–39
Boise State	Bryan Harsin	5	49–17	42–12	25–7
Colorado State	Mike Bobo	4	21–18	21–18	15–9
Fresno State	Jeff Tedford	2	92–61	10–4	7–1
Hawaii	Nick Rolovich	3	10–16	10–16	5–12
Nevada	Jay Norvell	2	3–9	3–9	3–5
New Mexico	Bob Davie	7	65–70	30–45	16–32
San Diego State	Rocky Long	8	129–98	64–29	42–13
San José State	Brent Brennan	2	2–11	2–11	1–8
UNLV	Tony Sanchez	4	12–24	12–24	9–15
Utah State	Matt Wells	6	34–32	34–32	23–17
Wyoming	Craig Bohl	5	126–61	22–29	15–17

Rankings

Listed are the Mountain West teams who were ranked or received votes at some point during the season. Air Force, Colorado State, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV, and Wyoming were never ranked or received any votes.

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14
Boise State Broncos	AP	22	20	17	RV	RV	RV					RV	23	21	19	23
	C	22	19	17	24	25	24	RV			RV	RV	24	22	20	24
	CFP	Not released											25	23	22	25
Fresno State Bulldogs	AP	RV	RV						RV	RV	20	16	RV	RV	25	19
	C	RV	RV		RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	23	17	RV	23	23	21
	CFP	Not released									23	23			25	21
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors	AP		RV	RV				RV
	C		RV	RV			RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
San Diego State Aztecs	AP				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Utah State Aggies	AP							RV	RV	RV	18	14	14	14	RV	RV
	C							RV	RV	RV	20	16	13	15	24	23
	CFP	Not released											23	21

Schedule

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Mountain West member won
Mountain West member lost
Mountain West teams in bold

Week Zero

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 25	5:30 p.m.	Hawaii	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	HAW 43–34	31,007
August 25	8:00 p.m.	Wyoming	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	ESPN2	W 29–7	20,322
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week One

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	8:00 p.m.	UC Davis	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA		L 38–44	12,675
August 31	4:00 p.m.	Colorado	Colorado State	Broncos Stadium at Mile High • Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	CBSSN	L 13–45	70,158
August 31	5:00 p.m.	Utah State	No. 11 Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	BTN	L 31–38	73,114
August 31	7:00 p.m.	Portland State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV		W 72–19	17,525
August 31	7:00 p.m.	San Diego State	No. 13 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	FS1	L 10–31	40,913
September 1	12:00 p.m.	Stony Brook	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	Stadium	W 38–0	33,415
September 1	1:30 p.m.	Washington State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	CBSSN	L 19–41	24,131
September 1	2:00 p.m.	UNLV	No. 15 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	P12N	L 21–43	58,708
September 1	4:00 p.m.	No. 22 Boise State	Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL	ESPNews	W 56–20	29,612
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Incarnate Word	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	ESPN3	W 62–30	18,213
September 1	8:00 p.m.	Idaho	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	Stadium	W 79–13	31,170
September 1	9:00 p.m.	Navy	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	CBSSN	W 59–41	29,702
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Players of the week:^[5]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Cole McDonald	Hawaii	Tyler Horton	Boise State	Jaron Bryant	Fresno State

Boise State cornerback Tyler Horton was also named the Bronko Nagurski Trophy National Defensive Player of the Week.^[6]

Week Two

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	10:00 a.m.	New Mexico	No. 5 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	BTN	L 14–45	77,003
September 8	10:00 a.m.	Nevada	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	SECN	L 10–41	25,676
September 8	12:00 p.m.	Air Force	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	CBSSN	L 27–33	24,101
September 8	5:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	ESPNU	L 13–40	50,820
September 8	5:30 p.m.	Arkansas	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	W 34–27	31,894
September 8	5:30 p.m.	Fresno State	Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	FS1	L 14–21	38,280
September 8	6:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	Stadium	W 60–13	18,223
September 8	7:00 p.m.	Sacramento State	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA		W 28–14	45,755
September 8	7:00 p.m.	UTEP	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	ATTSN	W 52–24	14,122
September 8	8:15 p.m.	Connecticut	No. 20 Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPNU	W 62–7	34,515
September 8	9:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	L 0–31	26,141
September 8	10:00 p.m.	Rice	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu	SPEC HI	W 43–29	23,112
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Players of the week:^[7]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Brett Rypien	Boise State	Aaron Wade	Utah State	Dominik Eberle	Utah State

Week Three

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 13	6:00 p.m.	Tennessee Tech	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	Stadium	W 73–12	15,011
September 15	10:00 a.m.	Hawaii	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	CBSSN	L 21–28	31,133
September 15	1:30 p.m.	No. 17 Boise State	No. 24 Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK	ESPN	L 21–44	54,974
September 15	2:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	SECN	L 10–48	80,021
September 15	2:00 p.m.	Wofford	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	Stadium	W 17–14	20,293
September 15	3:00 p.m.	San Jose State	No. 20 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N	L 22–35	50,049
September 15	5:00 p.m.	Oregon State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ESPNU	W 37–35	20,462
September 15	6:00 p.m.	New Mexico	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry)	ELVN	W 42–25	20,673
September 15	8:00 p.m.	Prairie View A&M	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV		W 46–17	14,786
September 15	8:30 p.m.	Fresno State	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	FS1	W 38–14	60,867
September 15	8:30 p.m.	No. 23 Arizona State	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	W 28–21	34,641
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Players of the week:^[8]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Marcus McMaryion	Fresno State	Marcus Hayes	New Mexico	John Baron II	San Diego State

Week Four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 22	10:00 a.m.	Nevada	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	CBSSN	L 44–63	23,675
September 22	1:00 p.m.	Illinois State	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	ATTSN	L 19–35	26,259
September 22	5:00 p.m.	UNLV	Arkansas State	Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR	ESPN3	L 20–27	18,537
September 22	8:30 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	W 23–20 ^OT	30,898
September 22	8:15 p.m.	Air Force	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	ESPN2	USU 42–32	22,720
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Players of the week:^[9]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Jordan Love	Utah State	Darren Hall	San Diego State	John Baron II	San Diego State

Week Five

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 29	2:00 pm	Nevada	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	ESPNews	NEV 28–25	23,707
September 29	4:00 p.m.	Liberty	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM		L 43–52	18,804
September 29	5:00 p.m.	Boise State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	CBSSN	BSU 34–14	22,271
September 29	5:00 p.m.	Hawaii	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	Spectrum	HAW 44–41 ^5OT	16,363
September 29	8:30 p.m.	Toledo	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	ESPNU	W 49–27	33,401
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Players of the week:^[10]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Marcus McMaryion	Fresno State	Mykal Walker	Fresno State	Ryan Meskell	Hawaii

Week Six

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 5	7:00 p.m.	Utah State	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT (Beehive Boot & The Old Wagon Wheel)	ESPN2	W 45–20	58,087
October 6	1:30 p.m.	Navy	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBSSN	W 35–7	40,175
October 6	1:30 p.m.	San Diego State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPNU	SDSU 19–13	36,679
October 6	2:00 p.m.	New Mexico	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	ATTSN	UNM 50–14	18,949
October 6	8:30 p.m.	Colorado State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	CBSSN	CSU 42–30	13,802
October 6	8:30 p.m.	Fresno State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ESPNU	FRES 21–3	15,367
October 6	10:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	SPEC HI	HAW 17–13	23,907
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Players of the week:^[11]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Jordan Love	Utah State	Darren Hall	San Diego State	John Baron II	San Diego State

Week Seven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 12	7:00 p.m.	Air Force	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	SDSU 21–17	25,326
October 13	1:30 p.m.	Army	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	ESPNU	L 3–52	15,627
October 13	2:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	ATTSN	CSU 20–18	36,514
October 13	2:00 p.m.	UNLV	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	Stadium	USU 59–28	21,212
October 13	8:15 p.m.	Hawaii	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN2	L 23–49	52,354
October 13	8:30 p.m.	Boise State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV (rivalry)	CBSSN	BSU 31–27	21,431
October 13	8:30 p.m.	Wyoming	Fresno State	Bulldogs Stadium • Fresno, CA	ESPNU	FRES 27–3	28,501
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Players of the week:^[12]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Jordan Love	Utah State	Kyahva Tezino	San Diego State	Kaelin Himphill	San Diego State

Week Eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 19	7:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN2	BSU 56–28	32,299
October 19	8:00 p.m.	Air Force	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	CBSSN	AFA 41–35	17,881
October 20	12:30 p.m.	Utah State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Bridger’s Battle)	ATTSN	USU 24–16	18,378
October 20	5:30 p.m.	Fresno State	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	ESPNU	FRES 38–7	16,708
October 20	8:30 p.m.	San Jose State	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	SDSU 16–13	30,451
October 20	10:00 p.m.	Nevada	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	SPEC HI	NEV 40–22	24,475
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Players of the week:^[13]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Isaiah Sanders	Air Force	Korey Rush	Nevada	John Baron II	San Diego State

Week Nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 26	8:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (The Border War)	CBSSN	WYO 34–21	32,125
October 27	2:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	Stadium	USU 61–19	16,119
October 27	4:30 p.m.	UNLV	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	ATTSN	SJSU 50–37	16,165
October 27	5:00 p.m.	Boise State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN	BSU 48–38	27,753
October 27	8:30 p.m.	Hawaii	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (rivalry)	ESPN2	FRES 50–20	33,659
October 27	8:30 p.m.	San Diego State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ESPNU	NEV 28–24	14,545
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Players of the week:^[14]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Jordan Love	Utah State	Dakari Monroe	San Jose State	Quinton Conaway	Nevada

Week Ten

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 3	10:00 a.m.	Air Force	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBSSN	L 14–17	38,502
November 3	12:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	ATTSN	WYO 24–9	13,238
November 3	8:15 p.m.	BYU	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN2	W 21–16	35,241
November 3	8:15 p.m.	San Diego State	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	ESPNU	SDSU 31–23	14,646
November 3	8:30 p.m.	No. 20 Fresno State	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	CBSSN	FRES 48–3	15,276
November 3	10:00 p.m.	No. 18 Utah State	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	SPEC HI	USU 56–17	21,476
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Players of the week:^[15]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Darwin Thompson	Utah State	Kyahva Tezino	San Diego State	John Baron II	San Diego State

Week Eleven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 9	8:15 p.m.	No. 16 Fresno State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID (Battle for the Milk Can)	ESPN2	BSU 24–17	33,118
November 10	1:30 p.m.	New Mexico	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN	AFA 42–24	23,723
November 10	2:00 p.m.	San Jose State	No. 14 Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	Stadium	USU 62–24	19,017
November 10	8:30 p.m.	Colorado State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ESPNU	NEV 49–10	13,755
November 10	8:30 p.m.	UNLV	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	ESPN2	UNLV 27–24	24,986
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Players of the week:^[16]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Jordan Love	Utah State	Jericho Flowers	UNLV	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico

Week Twelve

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 16	7:00 p.m.	No. 23 Boise State	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	CBSSN	BSU 45–14	16,883
November 17	12:00 p.m.	No. 14 Utah State	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	ATTSN	USU 29–24	19,226
November 17	2:00 p.m.	Air Force	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	ESPNews	WYO 35–27	14,996
November 17	3:00 p.m.	Nevada	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	ESPN3	NEV 21–12	12,271
November 17	8:30 p.m.	San Diego State	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (Battle for the Oil Can)	CBSSN	FRES 23–14	36,123
November 17	9:00 p.m.	UNLV	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	SPEC HI	HAW 35–28	25,697
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Players of the week:^[17]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Tyler Vander Waal	Wyoming	Andrew Wingard	Wyoming	Dominik Eberle	Utah State

Week Thirteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 22	1:30 p.m.	Colorado State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)	CBSSN	AFA 27–19	17,432
November 24	12:30 p.m.	Wyoming	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	ATTSN	WYO 31–3	14,269
November 24	5:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (Valley Cup)	ESPNU	FRES 31–13	26,162
November 24	7:30 p.m.	Nevada	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV (Battle for the Fremont Cannon)	CBSSN	UNLV 34–29	19,921
November 24	8:15 p.m.	No. 14 Utah State	No. 21 Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN	BSU 33–24	35,960
November 24	8:30 p.m.	Hawaii	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	ESPNU	HAW 31–30 ^OT	28,014
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Players of the week:^[18]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Alexander Mattison	Boise State	Javin White	UNLV	Cooper Rothe	Wyoming

Mountain West Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 1	5:45 p.m.	No. 25 Fresno State	No. 19 Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN	FRES 19–16 ^OT	23,662
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Postseason

Bowl games

Legend
	Mountain West win
	Mountain West loss

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (MST)	MW team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
New Mexico Bowl	December 15	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	ESPN	12:00 p.m.	Utah State	North Texas	52–13	25,387
Las Vegas Bowl	December 15	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	ESPN	1:30 p.m.	Fresno State	Arizona State	31–20	37,146
Frisco Bowl	December 19	Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TX	ESPN	6:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Ohio	0–27	11,029
Hawaii Bowl	December 22	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	ESPN	8:30 p.m.	Hawaii	Louisiana Tech	14–31	30,911
First Responder Bowl	December 26	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	ESPN	11:30 a.m.	Boise State	Boston College	No contest†
Arizona Bowl	December 29	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	CBSSN	11:15 a.m.	Nevada	Arkansas State	16–13 ^OT	32,368

†The First Responder bowl was delayed and ultimately canceled with 5:08 remaining in the 1st quarter with Boston College leading 7–0. The game was ruled a no contest.^[19]

Records against FBS Conferences

Power Five conferences

Power 5 Conferences	Record
ACC	0–0
Big Ten	0–3
Big 12	0–1
Pac-12	3–6
SEC	1–3
Power 5 Total	4–13

Group of Five conferences

Group of 5 Conferences	Record
American	3–0
C-USA	2–1
MAC	2–1
Sun Belt	2–1
Independents	5–5
Group of 5 Total	14–8

FCS Subdivision

FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	8–2

Awards and honors

All Conference Teams

Offensive Player of the Year: Brett Rypien, Sr., QB, Boise State
Defensive Player of the Year: Jeff Allison, Jr., LB, Fresno State
Special Teams Player of the Year: Cooper Rothe, Jr., K, Wyoming
Freshman of the Year: Toa Taua, RB, Nevada
Coach of the Year: Matt Wells, Utah State

Offense:

Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Pos.	Name	Yr.	School
First Team				Second Team
QB	Brett Rypien	Sr.	Boise State	QB	Jordan Love	So.	Utah State
WR	John Ursua	Jr.	Hawaii	WR	KeeSean Johnson	Sr.	Fresno State
WR	Preston Williams	Jr.	Colorado State	WR	Sean Modster	Sr.	Boise State
RB	Nico Evans	Sr.	Wyoming	RB	Lexington Thomas	Sr.	UNLV
RB	Alexander Mattison	Jr.	Boise State	RB	Darwin Thompson	Jr.	Utah State
TE	Josh Oliver	Sr.	San José State	TE	Jared Rice	Jr.	Fresno State
OL	Ezra Cleveland	So.	Boise State	OL	Micah St. Andrew	Sr.	Fresno State
OL	Keith Ismael	So.	San Diego State	OL	Aaron Jenkins	Sr.	New Mexico
OL	Quin Ficklin	Sr.	Utah State	OL	Ryan Pope	Sr.	San Diego State
OL	Christian Cronk	Sr.	Fresno State	OL	Roman Andrus	Sr.	Utah State
OL	John Molchon	Jr.	Boise State	OL	Griffin Landrum	Sr.	Air Force
PK	Cooper Rothe	Jr.	Wyoming	PK	John Baron II	Sr.	San Diego State
PR/KR	Savon Scarver	So.	Utah State	PR/KR	Marcus Hayes	Fr.	New Mexico

Defense:

Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Pos.	Name	Yr.	School
First Team				Second Team
DL	Curtis Weaver	So.	Boise State	DL	Carl Granderson	Sr.	Wyoming
DL	Mykal Walker	Jr.	Fresno State	DL	Jordan Jackson	So.	Air Force
DL	Jabril Frazier	Sr.	Boise State	DL	Kaimana Padello	Jr.	Hawaii
DL	Korey Rush	Sr.	Nevada	DL	Bryson Bridges	Sr.	San Jose State
LB	Kyahva Tezino	Jr.	San Diego State	LB	David Woodward	So	Utah State
LB	Jeff Allison	Jr.	Fresno State	LB	Josh Watson	Jr.	Colorado State
LB	Malik Reed	Sr.	Nevada	LB	Tipa Galeai	Jr.	Utah State
DB	Tyler Horton	Sr.	Boise State	DB	JuJu Hughes	Jr.	Fresno State
DB	Tank Kelly	Sr.	Fresno State	DB	Mike Bell	Jr.	Fresno State
DB	Dakari Monroe	Sr.	San José State	DB	Tariq Thompson	So.	San Diego State
DB	Andrew Wingard	Sr.	Wyoming	DB	Jontrell Rocquemore	Sr.	Utah State
P	Ryan Stonehouse	So.	Colorado State	P	Blake Cusick	Jr.	Fresno State

Honorable Mentions:

Air Force: Jeremy Fejedelem, Jr., DB.
Boise State: Durrant Miles, Sr., DL; Kekoa Nawahine, Jr., DB; Avery Williams, So, RS/DB.
Colorado State: None
Fresno State: Jaron Bryant, Jr., DB; Jasad Haynes, Jr, DL; George Helmuth, Sr., LB; Marcus McMaryion, Sr., QB.
Hawai'i: Zeno Choi, Sr., DL; Rojesterman Farris II, Jr.; DB; Cole McDonald, So., QB; Jahlani Tavai, Sr., LB; Solo Vaipulu, Fr., OL.
Nevada: Dameon Baber, Sr., DB; Daniel Brown, Jr., DB; Quinton Conaway, Jr., P; Sean Krepsz, Sr., OL; McLane Mannix, So., WR; Jake Nelson, Jr., OL Asauni Rufus, Sr., DB.
New Mexico: Aaron Blackwell, Jr., DL; Tyson Dyer, So., P; Marcus Hayes, Fr., DB.
San Diego State: Parker Baldwin, Sr., DB; Noble Hall, Sr., DL; Brandon Heicklen, Jr., P; Kahale Warring, Jr., TE; Juwan Washington, Jr., RB.
San Jose State: Ethan Aguayo, Jr., LB; Thai Cottrell, Sr., RS; Bryce Crawford, Sr., P; Boogie Roberts, Sr., DL.
UNLV: Nathan Jacobson, Sr., OL; Roger Mann, Sr., DL; Justin Polu, Jr., OL.
Utah State: Adewale Adeoye, Sr., DL; Rob Castaneda, Sr., OL; Dominik Eberle, Jr., PK; Gaje Ferguson, Sr., DB; Fua Leilua, Jr., DL; Dax Raymond, Jr., TE; Christopher Unga, Jr., DL; DJ Williams, Jr., DB. Ron’Quavion Tarver, Sr., WR; Sean Taylor, Sr., OL.
Wyoming: Tyler Hall, Jr., DB; Logan Wilson, Jr., LB.

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Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Air Force	Falcon Stadium	46,692	33,415	23,707	40,175 †	27,753	23,723	17,432		166,205	27,701	59.3%
Boise State	Albertsons Stadium	36,387	34,515	36,679 †	32,299	35,241	33,118	35,960		207,812	34,635	95.2%
Colorado State	Canvas Stadium	41,200	31,007	31,894	26,259	36,514 †	32,125	19,226		177,025	29,504	71.6%
Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium	41,031	31,170	33,401	28,501	33,659	36,123 †	26,162		189,016	31,503	76.7%
Hawaii	Aloha Stadium	50,000	29,702 †	23,112	26,175	23,907	24,475	21,476	25,697	174,544	24,935	49.9%
Nevada	Mackay Stadium	30,000	17,525	20,462	15,367	21,431 †	14,545	13,755		103,085	17,180	57.3%
New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium	39,224	18,213	18,804 †	16,708	14,646	16,883	14,269		99,523	16,587	42.3%
San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium	54,000	45,755 †	34,641	30,898	25,326	30,451	24,986	28,014	220,071	31,439	58.2%
San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium	30,456	12,675	16,363 †	13,802	16,165	12,271			71,276	14,255	46.8%
Utah State	Maverik Stadium	25,513	18,223	15,011	22,720 †	21,212	16,119	19,017		112,302	18,717	73.4%
UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium	35,500	14,122	14,786	18,949	17,881	15,276	19,921 †		100,935	16,823	47.4%
Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium	29,181	24,131 †	20,293	22,271	18,378	13,238	14,996		113,307	18,885	64.7%

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High

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